{"id":47989,"date":"2026-04-28T08:23:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T00:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=47989"},"modified":"2026-04-28T08:23:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T00:23:36","slug":"the-10-minute-morning-exercise-workout-that-millions-of-japanese-people-wake-up-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=47989","title":{"rendered":"The 10-minute morning exercise workout that millions of Japanese people wake up to do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/04\/27\/91dbcb51-ff67-4449-9816-baa07022103e_0ec2940f.jpg?itok=9anWKsQD&amp;v=1777276782\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">This is how much of Japan wakes up. It is called Radio Taiso \u2013 Exercise Radio in English \u2013 a simple yet dynamic way to start the day.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Every morning at 6.30am, Japanese radio plays music accompanied by basic <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">callisthenics<\/span> instructions. Millions perform the movements in parks, workplaces, schools \u2013 and at home.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Radio Taiso has an almost 100-year history. It was formally introduced in 1928, coinciding with the enthronement of <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Emperor Hirohito<\/span>. The tradition endures because the exercises are suitable for all ages and capabilities, and easily accessible.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">We are talking about basic exercise movements: reach to the sky to limber up, twist at the torso, bend at the hips, swing the arms and get the shoulders loose, or jump or run in place.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Exercisers can make it as strenuous as they wish. It is over in just 10 minutes, all done to the rhythm of a soft piano melody.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/health-wellness\/article\/3351549\/10-minute-morning-exercise-workout-millions-japanese-people-wake-do?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is how much of Japan wakes up. It is called Radio Taiso \u2013 Exercise Radio in English \u2013 a simple yet dynamic way to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[21510,3178,1884,10909,5078,121,10365,21511],"class_list":["post-47989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-10minute","tag-exercise","tag-japanese","tag-millions","tag-morning","tag-people","tag-wake","tag-workout","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/47990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}